Chocolate Brownies

Ok,  So last Friday was a bit hectic,  but I did manage to make myself some brownies.   This was more out of deep need to satisfy a craving I have had since the week before last, and I was resolutely determined to give into it!

Looking for a great recipe for Brownies? then  look no further than here,… or possibly here Nigella Lawson !   Now, like most of you out there I do love Nigella,  I have been a raving fan since the release of her first book “How to be a Domestic Goddess” (a journey I am still on by the way….)    to the most recent release, “Recipes from the Heart of the Home“.

If I am to be fair,  I will have to say, that the latest book is probably my least favourite in her series…. (controversial? I know!).  The cover looks promising, and Nigella, true to form, is simpering away behind a steaming pot of pasta,  but in all honesty I felt that some of the beautifully styled pages were wasted on ‘recipes’ like marmite spaghetti, egg and bacon salad, or pigs in blanket .  Having said that, the book is a hefty number with over 470 pages,  so it is jammed packed with a plethora of recipes, I still had plenty to choose from!   Any one of the desserts featured certainly do hit the mark, thus,  I am totally prepared to forgive our Nigella.   Still one of my favourites,  it is to her that I owe a great big thank you for the utterly decadent double choc brownies that really hit the spot at the weekend! a real taste sensation when you suddenly hit a nugget of googey milk chocolate hidden within an intensely rich brownie cake.

Need I say more?

Go on… give it a go!

What do I need?

• 100g cocoa powder
• 150g unsalted butter
• 300g light muscavado sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 150g Plain flour
• 1 tsp Bicarb of Soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 roughly chopped mild chocolate bars ( I used plain milk chocolate Yorkie bars)

What do I do?

• Preheat the oven to 190 degree celcius and lightly grease a baking tin, and line with greaseproof  paper
• Roughly chop your milk chocolate bars and set aside
• Slightly heat butter, and toss in sugar with coca powder
• Take off heat and stir about, the butter should be a dark glossy treacle texture
• Add in flour with bicarb of soda and stir into butter coca mix.
• In another bowl add 4 eggs with vanilla extract and beat slightly
• Pour egg mix into the dry coca mix
• The mixture should now be a thick glossy mixture
• Add your chopped chocolate bars
• Pour mixture into deep baking tray, lightly greased and cook for 20- 25mins.